Swinging sanitary window-cupboard.



F. 1. BOWLING.

SWINGING SANITARY WINDOW CUPBOARD.

,APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, I916.

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

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SWINGING SANITARY WINDOW-CUPBOARD.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it knownthat I, FnANcis J. DOWLING, acitizen of'the United States, anda resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Swinging Sanitary Window-Cupboard, of which thefollowing is a. full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to storage receptacles and has particularreference to devices adapted for connection with and use upon 7 theoutside of apartment house windows or analogous places.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide improved facilities forthe storage of milk, meats and other food. products in or adjacent awindow whereby the commodities may be easily placed into the receptacleor cupboard and likewise removed therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to so arrange or suspend a storagereceptacle, of the character indicated, on the outside of a building,that it'will not obstruct the light or interfere with the ventilationthrough the window and which, furthermore, will lie normally in such aposition as to be as free as possible from contamination.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention .consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, and while the in vention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustratinga practical embodiment thereof [reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts inthe several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of abuilding showing my improvement suspended adjacent thereto andoccupy-ing its normal position against the wallremote from the window;Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cage portion .of the device; Fig. 3is a perspective view of the box portion of the cupboard indicating thedoors open; Fig. 4f is a horizontal sectional view on the line l4= ofFig. 7 Fig. 5 is a similar view but showing the cupboard swung aroundfor access at or through the window; Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view withthe cupboard 1n the position indicated in Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is a verticaltransverse section onthe line 7-7 of Fig. 4; Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

Application filed March 29, 1916. Serial No. 87,469.

8 is an elevation of a detail, partly in section, on the line 88 of Fig.7 and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the pull piece detached.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings 1 show a constructionincluding a boxer cupboard proper 10 having a bottom 11, end walls 12, arear wall 13, and an Adjacent the rear wall 13 and parallel.

thereto is an inner or false wall 20 of any suitable material, and at 21is a false roof. These parts 20 and 21 are arranged in close parallelrelation to the rear wall and roof, providing an air space, and suitableopenings 22 and 23 are provided at the bottom and top of said airspaceto provide a circulation of air upwardly and forwardly through saidspace. The shelf ls'may be spaced at the front edge as indicated at 24,and other openings 25 may be provided through the shelf and false wall20 to facilitate the circulation of air through the storage portions ofthe receptacle from the air space above described.

Any suitable means may be provided to manipulate the cupboard so as tomove it into position at the window for the purpose of access theretothrough the window. For this purpose I provide means whereby thecupboard is swung around a vertical axis so as to bring the front wallsand doors thereof, which normally are remote from the wall W of thebuilding, around so as to be adjacent the plane of the window sash.

At 26 I show a pair of hinge brackets secured rigidly to the corner ofthe wall with their eyes 27 arranged in vertical alinement at anysuitable distance outwardly from the wall, but preferably lying in theplane of the edge of the wall adjacent the window frame F. Correspondinghinge brackets 28 with vertically alined eyes 29 are secured to eitheror both ends of the cupboard for 00- operation with the brackets 26. Iprefer to provide brackets as described for both ends of the cupboard soas to make it easily ap- 7 within the window opening when in position tobe reached by the person within the building. In other words, the axisaround which the cupboard is adapted to swing is preferably arranged atthe rear of the vertical longitudinal central plane of the cupboard,whereby the front portion of the cupboard will project well inwardlyover the window sill as shown in Fig. 5. In this position, with thewindow sash S sufliciently raised, the doors 16 may be opened inwardlyand the person within the building will have easy access to the interiorof the cupboard for the usual purposes.

Any suitable means may be provided to hold the cupboard in its normalopen position and also in its position within the window. At 31 I show ahook pivoted at 32 at the bottom of the cupboard and adapted to snap'overan L-shaped pin 33 driven into the wall. A spring 3% is connectedat the opposite endof the hook 31 and tendstO cause the hook to engagethe pin and maintain such engagement. One end of the spring is fixed ata point 35 adjacent the front portion of the cupboard. The release ofthe hook is effected by means of a pullpiece 36 in the nature of, a bellcrank and having a downwardly projecting part 36 jand a horizontal stoppart 36'. This pull piece is pivoted at 37 upona slide 38 movable alonga keeper 39-secured to the bottom of the cupboard adjacent that frontcorner thereof nearest the window. The slide is provided with a shoulderportion '38 adapted to abut against the keeper 39 to limit the distanceto which the slide may be pulled by the operator when pulling upon thepullpiece. The normal position of the pull piece and its relation to theslide are shown best in Fig.

, 8, in which the stop member 36" lies against orcloseto the outer end38 of the slide. The force of the spring 3% in holding the hook inengaging position likewise holds the slide with the shoulder 38 spacedfrom the keeper 89. Draft upon the pull piece by the operators fingerstoward the window is positive, because of the contact between the parts36 and 38*, thereby'causing the slide to swing the hook around its pivotto release it from the pin33. Continued pull in the same directioncauses the cupboard to swing around the vertical axis 30 of the hingesuntil the cupboard approaches its position for access. When the end ofthe cupboard remote from the operator comes adjacent the edge of thewindow, the operator may grasp the same to continue the swingingmovement, and duringthis action thepull piece rides idly up over or uponthe window sill, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8.

At 4:0 is indicated a suitable catch pivoted to the front portion of thebottom of the cupboard and acted upon by a spring 41 connected to thesame point 35 as the other spring and adapted to engage over a pin 42secured to the window sill. A portion of the catch 40 is bent up forminga finger piece 13, whereby it may be easily released when the cupboardis to be swung out again to normal position.

Auxiliary to the hinge connections above described I provide an overheadhanger to insure maximum stability for the suspension means. This hangercomprises a crane composed of an angle member 14: and link e5 havingfeet cooperating respectively with the outer and inner ends of thecupboard at as and 47. The link has an eye as connected to the elbowportion of the angle member and the inner end of the angle member isprovided with a hook 49 engaging in a fixed member 50, the eye of whichis in the same vertical axis as the other hinge members. The crane thusprovided serves to steady the cupboard, relieving the main hinges fromlateral and endwise tilting strains. Since, however, the axis of thecrane coincides with that of the hinges, perfectly free swingingmovement of the cupboard around such axis is provided.

l/Vhile under certain conditions, as above intimated, the supporting andactuating devices may be connected directly to the cupboard or box-likereceptacle, it may be preferable to provide a cage such as indicated atFig. 2 (see Fig. 2) for these connections. As shown herein, the cage isof skeleton construction and provided with vertical angle members 52into which the corners of the receptacle are fitted, and also front andrear bottom angle members 53 into which the front and rear longitudinalbottom edges of the cupboard box are fitted. A rim 54 extends around theupper portion of the cage and a pair of cross bars 55 connect the lowercorners of the cage. As shown, the angle members 46 and 4:7 constitutethe upper ends of a- U-shaped reinforcement bar 56 extendinglongitudinally alongthe central part of the bottom of the cage andthence upwardly at the ends. Thehinge brackets 28 may be connected tothe corner angles 52 at the rear portion of the cage. Likewise thehookand catch devices 31 and 40 may be connected to the bottom members ofthe cage.

I claim 7 1. In a storage receptacle of the character set forth, thecombination of a cupboard proper, hinge connections for one end thereoffor securing it in position adjacent one ion side of a window to swingaround a vertical axis against the wall or ,in the opposite direction soas to project well within the window opening, an automatically operatedhook carried by the cupboard and cooperating with the wall to hold thecupboard in normal position remote from the window, a pivoted pull piececonnected to the hook to release the same from holding position andproviding means for swinging the cupboard into the window, and means tohold the cupboard in the position last mentioned.

2. In combination, a storage receptacle, a pair of hinges connecting oneend of the re ceptacle to the edge of the wall adjacent the windowopening providing for swinging of the cupboard around a vertical axiseither adjacent the wall at one side of the window or well within thewindow opening, automatic means to hold the cupboard in either of saidpositions, and auxiliary hanger means cooperating with said hinges torelieve the hinges from lateral and side tilting strains, said hangermeans including a fixed bracket having an eye above and in alinementwith the axes of the hinges, an angle member connected at the one end toone end of the cupboard and having a hook at its other end pivoted insaid eye, the angle of the member being directly above the center of theopposite end of the cupboard, and a link connected to the lattermentioned end of the cupboard and extending directly up into engagementwith the angle of the angle member.

3. The combination of a cupboard, a pair of hinges connecting one end ofthe cupboard to the edge of the wall adjacent the window opening andproviding for the swinging of the cupboard around against the wall orinto the Window, overhead hanger means including an angle member and alink connected to the angle of the angle member in the verticallongitudinal central plane of the cupboard and a hinge member to whichthe angle member is pivoted on an axis coinciding with the axis of thehinges and at one side of said plane, and means to hold the cupboard ineither position to which it may be swung around said axis.

4. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a cagecomprising a plurality of vertical corner angle members,-

FRANCIS J. DOWLING.

l/Vitnesses:

ANNIE E. MCCARTHY, EUGENE SWEENEY.

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